[linux-dvb] Re: VDR 0.80pre6

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Andreas Hoelscher wrote:
> 
>                                          Aachen, Mi 23.05.01 20:58
> 
> > On Wednesday 23 May 2001 11:22, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> >> Andreas Hoelscher wrote:
> >>>                                          Aachen, Di 22.05.01 19:59
> >>>
> >>>> Andreas Hoelscher wrote:
> >>>>>                                          Aachen, Mo 21.05.01 21:04
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Make sure you get the latest CVS driver version - this one appears
> >>>>>> to be pretty good!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I use the latest dvb driver with new haupauge card and kernel
> >>>>> 2.4.3.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Please test this version intensively and report any bugs you may
> >>>>>> find. I feel that we are now getting to a level where one could
> >>>>>> start using VDR with the new driver for every day operation (at
> >>>>>> least while keeping an eye on it...).
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I still can't see any EPG. When I go to the schedule menu the keys
> >>>>> don't do anything. When I start vdr with strace I can see messages
> >>>>> like: read(0, "g", 1) so the keys are accepted but nothing happens.
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe you need to teach VDR your key codes.
> >>>> Try deleting the file keys-pc.conf and run VDR. It should go into
> >>>> learning mode. Follow the OSD instructions to teach it the key
> >>>> codes.
> >>>
> >>> It's not a problem of teaching the keys. The keys work ok in all
> >>> other menus and the strace message stated above says "g" for the
> >>> "green" key, "r" for the "red" key and so on.
> >>>
> >>> Can I do any more debugging (and how)?
> >>
> >> Check if you have the 'Pnr' parameters set in channels.conf
> >> (that's the last one in each line).
> >> If these are 0, VDR can't extract the EPG information.
> I use the channels.conf distributed with vdr, where pnr isn't 0.
> >>
> >> Klaus
> 
> > after "chmod 666 /dev/v4l/*" EPG worked in my environment.
> > Apparently EPG did not work if the video device has the wrong
> > permissions for vdr.
> I do not have any v4l devices.
> Do I need any? Which major/minor number, name?

VDR doesn't use any /dev/v4l/* devices. The EPG data is derived from
/dev/ost/demux*. On my VDR box these look like this:

lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            6 May 24 18:39 /dev/ost/demux -> demux0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,   4 May 24 18:39 /dev/ost/demux0
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250,  68 May 24 18:39 /dev/ost/demux1
crw-rw-rw-    1 root     root     250, 132 May 24 18:39 /dev/ost/demux2

I believe the driver's 'make insmod' creates them automatically.

Klaus
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